Iran: Deadly Repression of Khuzestan Protests
Click to expand Image © Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – The rising death toll and mass arrests raise grave concerns about the Iranian authorities’ response to recent protests in Khuzestan and other...
View ArticleUnchecked Spyware Industry Enables Abuses
Click to expand Image People march in Budapest, Hungary during a July 26, 2021 protest against the Hungarian government over reports that it has used Pegasus spyware. © 2021 Marton Monus/Reuters (New...
View ArticleArrest of Afghan Journalists Highlights Larger Concerns
Click to expand Image Afghan journalists film at the site of a bombing attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 9, 2021. © 2021 Rahmat Gul/AP Images The arrests this week of four journalists in Kandahar...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Mounting Taliban Revenge Killings
Click to expand Image A family flees Panjwai district in Kandahar province on July 4, 2021, after the Taliban captured the area. © 2021 Javed Tanveer / AFP via Getty Images (New York) – Taliban...
View ArticleMali: Girls’ Basketball Coach Indicted for Sexual Assault
Click to expand Image Former President of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hamane Niang attends the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 official mascot launch ceremony on April 18, 2018 in...
View ArticleEgypt: Renewed Judicial Harassment of Rights Defenders
Click to expand Image Human rights activist Gamal Eid is seen at a court in Cairo, March 24, 2016. © 2016 Reuters / Asmaa Waguih (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have summoned at least five prominent...
View ArticleMyanmar: Coup Leads to Crimes Against Humanity
Click to expand Image Women cry after seeing the body of their relative killed on March 14th by security forces during a peaceful protest in Yangon, Myanmar. © 2021 Aung Kyaw Htet / SOPA Images/Sipa...
View ArticleThe Biden Administration Should Bolster Predatory Loan Protections
Click to expand Image A manager of a financial services counts cash being paid to a client as part of a loan in Ballwin, Missouri on August 9, 2018 © 2018 Sid Hastings/AP Images Millions of people in...
View ArticleNew Australian Law Targets Activist Groups, Peaceful Protest
Click to expand Image Two Jabiluka mine protesters sit chained to heavy drilling equipment installed at the proposed site of the Jabiluka Uranium mine in Jabiluka, Australia on March 24, 1998. © 1998...
View ArticleKiller Robots: Urgent Need to Fast-Track Talks
Click to expand Image © 2019 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch Governments should move urgently to begin negotiations on a new treaty to prohibit and restrict autonomous weapons systems, known as...
View ArticleCameroon: New Abuses by Both Sides
Click to expand Image A Cameroonian elite Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) member patrols in the city of Buea in the anglophone South-West region, Cameroon, on October 4, 2018. © 2018 REUTERS /...
View ArticleRohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk During Monsoon
Click to expand Image Rohingya refugees repair a shelter damaged following heavy rains at the refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh on July 28, 2021. © 2021 Shafiqur Rahman/AP Images Heavy rains over...
View ArticleStill No Justice for Zimbabwe’s 2018 Post-Election Violence
Click to expand Image Zimbabween soldiers stand guard as citizens run through the Harare's streets, on August 1, 2018. © 2018 ALEX MCBRIDE/AFP/Getty Images After Zimbabwe’s August 2018 presidential...
View ArticleIntimidation, Threats Against Congolese Whistleblower
Click to expand Image Congolese whistleblower Jean-Jacques Lumumba near Paris, France, October 2019. © 2019 Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images Last week, Jean-Jacques Lumumba, former banker and well-known...
View ArticleBelarus Athlete’s Plight Spotlights Olympic Failure
Click to expand Image Krystina Timanovskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Martin Meissner On Sunday, Belarusian...
View ArticleCroatia/EU: Strengthen Border Monitoring System
Click to expand Image European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015. © 2015 Reuters (Brussels) – Croatia’s recently announced border...
View ArticleLebanon: Evidence Implicates Officials in Beirut Blast
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View ArticleKyrgyzstan: “False Information” Law Threatens Free Speech
Click to expand Image Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov delivers a speech during a session of parliament in Bishkek, October 16, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (Bishkek) – Kyrgyzstan’s...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Advancing Taliban Execute Detainees
Click to expand Image An Afghan security personnel stands guard along a road in Kandahar on July 14, 2021. © 2021 by Javed Tanveer/AFP via Getty Images (New York) – Taliban forces advancing in...
View ArticleIndonesia Army Chief to Terminate Unscientific ‘Virginity Test’
Click to expand Image Female national army officers and police officers escort hundreds of women who packed the area in front of the State Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 8, 2020, in...
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